The Dolls House - Ibsen
Nora Helmer wife of Torvald, mother of three, is living out the ideal of the
19th-century wife, but leaves her family at the end of the play.
Torvald Helmer Nora's husband, a newly promoted bank manager,
suffocates but professes to be enamoured of his wife.
Dr. Rank a rich family friend, he is secretly in love with Nora. He is
terminally ill, and it is implied that his "tuberculosis of the spine" originates
from a venereal diseasecontracted by his father.
Kristine Linde Nora's old school friend, widowed, is seeking employment
(sometimes spelled Christine in English translations). She was in a
relationship with Krogstad prior to the play's setting.
Nils Krogstad an employee at Torvald's bank, single father, he is pushed to
desperation. A supposed scoundrel, he is revealed to be a long-lost lover of
Kristine.
BuddenBrooks Thomas Mann
Consul Buddenbrooks
Thomas, elder son who followe his fathers business
Christian, the extravagant son
Antoine(Tony) the only daughter
Gerta , consuls wife
The Magic Toy-Shop Angela Carter
Melanie The poor girl who lived with her cruel uncle, the puppeteer
Uncle Philip
Finn one with whom Melanie escapes the house in the end
Uncle Philip
Margaret, the mute wife of Philip who is found to have an incestuous
relation with her brother Francie
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Chandran falls in love with a college mate malathi but
obstruction due to jathaka malathi marries another one goes to madras
and lives in streets later thinks of his parents came back still early
thoughts finally a marriage proposal and fells in love with that girl.
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Central character of this novel is Savitri, a submissive housewife
husband Ramana three children domineering husband; often neglects
her a dark room in home where she retreats to when husband becomes
unbearable husbands affair with his colleague later leaves the house
after quarrels attempts suicide tries other jobs finally comes back as
she cant bear living without her children decides to bear the burden.
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Krishna, the English teacher at Albert Mission School a mundane
and monotonous life but gets bright with the arrival of his wife Suseela
and daughter Leela suseela dies of Typhoid sad krishna thought of
suicide but left it for Leela One day a stranger wrote that he has contacts
with Suseela and that she wants to talk with Krishna search for
enlightenment to relate with the spiritual world Leelas head master
helped him that way - eventually learning to communicate to Suseela on
his own - concluding the entire story itself, with the quote that he felt 'a
moment of rare immutable joy'.
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Sriram living with her grand mother in love with Bharati she
active in Gandhis Quit India Movement - causing much grief to his
grandmother - spending some time in jail - Sriram is reunited with Bharati
- engagement amidst the tragedy of India's partition in [Link] as a
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is the neglected wife of archaeologist Marco, who has no interest in her
dance starts living together she becoming a great dancer and raju her
manager some case and raju in prison once out goes to some other
village people mistook him as a sanyasi rajus fast for rain - he goes to
the riverside one morning as part of his daily ritual, where his legs sag
down as he feels that the rain is falling in the hills. The ending of the novel
leaves unanswered the question of whether he died, and whether the
drought has really ended.
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Around the life of an Indian printer named Natarajn lives in a huge
ancestral house in Malgudi - near Mempi hills - leads a contented lifestyle,
with his own circle of friends, such as a poet, a journalist named Sen, and
his one employee, Sastri. - Vasu, a taxidermist who comes to Malgudi in
search of the wildlife in Mempi hills - demands the printing of 500 visiting
cards - residence in the attic of Nataraj's press - Vasu is a 'pahelwan'
(muscleman), proud of his strength - Vasu encroaches on Nataraj's life,
every now and then - creates stench in the neighborhood through his
activities as a taxidermist - when Nataraj questions this, Vasu files a
complaint with rent control authority.- Rangi informs Nataraj that Vasu
wants to kill Kumar, the elephant - The protagonists frantically try to stop
him, - he finds Vasu sleeping - but the next morning he discovers that Vasu
is dead - autopsy verdict being that he was not poisoned - but died in an
attempt to smash a mosquito sitting on his temple - He had damaged one
of his nerves with his powerful hand and died instantly novel ends
saying all demons-rakshashas, devils and monsters-are the downfall of
themselves. The narration is very humorous and lively all along.